the future Archives - MICHAEL GRAY

What Remains

“Sometimes it is the artist’s task to find out How much music you can still make With what you have left.” –Itzhak Perlman Over...

I wasn’t planning on writing a blog today. In fact, I was in the process of resigning myself to a new reality. After years...

I woke up this morning feeling unrested and anxious. That has been happening more often recently. I’m not sure which came first: a feeling...

The words were emblazoned on a banner strung between two buildings bordering the plaza. The letters were as tall as giraffes and the dot...

I recently became aware of the true danger of writing off other people because they have different views than me. Dismissing the value of...

Riding along in my little boat I notice many others floating alongside. Some have sails, some have oars, and in some I can only...

Evidence of failure is all around and also within. But when we settle on someone to blame—either ourselves or someone else—we are soon stuck...

How can we tell the difference between wishful thinking and authentic aspiration? How do we recognize when we’ve found something that can help us...

Well 2019 has arrived. I have to say I saw it coming. Does that mean it’s time for a few resolutions? The problem with...

“Thoughts may arise like bubbles in a stream of water, but we are intent on entering the thought’s ‘bubble world’. From within that world...